This list of corporate research fronts from
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
is from the fourth bimonthly period of 2008, and covers areas in the
biological sciences. Source dates are September 30, 2002-August 31,
2008 (sliding 6-year period).
Research
Front Name
Percentage of corporate affiliations
Leading
corporation
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION
MASS SPECTROMETRIC BIOANALYTICAL METHODS
48
Merck & Company
TYPE 2 DIABETES; THIAZOLIDINEDIONE MONOTHERAPY
39
Novartis
HEPATITIS C VIRUS SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR
32
Boehringer Ingelheim
EARLY DRUG DISCOVERY; HIGH-RESOLUTION LIQUID
CHROMATOGRAPHY/QUADRUPOLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS
SPECTROMETRY